Garlic Ginger Bok Choy

This Garlic Ginger Bok Choy recipe is a great way to get healthy greens into your diet. It’s flavored with fish sauce, sesame oil, garlic, and ginger. I don’t use soy sauce or any foods with soy in my recipes since I’m on a soy-free diet. This challenge helps me get very creative with flavors when I create stir fry recipes.

You may be wondering, what is bok choy? Bok choy is a crunchy, leafy green vegetable that is part of the cruciferous family. Like kale and broccoli, bok choy is incredibly healthy. Bok choy is packed with vitamin C, vitamin A, and zinc. When you buy bok choy, look for bright green leaves that are not wilted and firm hardy stems. Bok choy is available year round, but its peak season is mid-winter through early spring.

I made this yesterday and it was super yummy! Ok, I modified it, I should say [*blush*]. No fish sauce, but subbed instead 1T of Braggs. Out of fresh garlic and ginger, so just 1t of garlic powder. Swapped 1/2 red onion for the scallions. And broc & portobella mushrooms for the bok choy. (“Kitchen Sink Stir Fry” was on the menu, so I had to make do.) Officially the BEST stir fry I’ve ever made. Thanks Elana

Hi Elana, I love following your blog! You have so many great ideas! Thank you!!
I volunteer for the Boulder county celiac group and was wondering if you would be interested in presenting at one of our meetings? You could do a book signing, promote your classes, baking examples. We would love anything! Currently, we have meetings scheduled for June 15th, Aug. 17th and Oct. 19th.
Please let me know if you are avaliable any of those dates! Thanks! I look forward to hearing from you!
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Thanks for this bok choy variation of something I already do. I will try it soon. I just took a cupcake version of your spice cake recipe out of the oven. They smell great! Can’t wait to try them. I got this out of your “Gluten Free Almond Flour Cookbook.” I should receive a copy of your cupcake book that I won on “Gluten Free Easily.” Yea!

Is there an alternative to fish sauce? It’s not legal on the SCD and the suggestion about using coconut aminos is an interesting one…alas, it is not SCD legal either. It sounds like such a yummy recipe.

SCD means “Specifict Carbohydrate Diet”. It’s a more extrememe grain free diet, sugar free, starch free, and yeast free diet. For those who have gone on a Gluten Free Diet and it hasn’t worked. My New Doctor is planning on using this Diet to get rid of the inflamation in my body that the Gluten Free diet has not yet healed. There are a few of us Celiac patients that despite being a Type A personalty and being extreme in keeping Glutens out of my diet, it has not helped with getting rid of Inflamation and the “Specific Carbohydrat Diet” is suppose go further in helping to relieve body inflatmation by eating only carbs that are monosaccaride, single molecule rather than Disaacharide such as Sucrose (Table Sugar) and polysaccaride Sugar such as starch both a double molecule type sugar. Manosaccride carbs are easier to digest and do not feed the bad intestinal microbes which can cause diarrhea. Also, meats are alowed with 24 hour ferminted yogart, which is the main part of helping the intestinal area to heal. Anyway, that is what it is in a nut shell.

“The recipe for vegan fish sauce below is based on these ingredients and its the best one I’ve found so far to replace fish sauce in vegetarian/vegan recipes. If you can’t find mushroom soy sauce, add a few dried shiitake to the seaweed mixture in the beginning.

Combine wakame, garlic, peppercorns and water in a large sauce pan and bring to a boil. Lower heat and simmer about 20 minutes. Strain and return the liquid back to the pot. Add soy sauce, bring back to a boil and cook until mixture is reduced and almost unbearable salty. Remove from heat and stir in miso.

Decant into a bottle and keep in the refrigerator. Use one-for-one to replace fish sauce in vegan recipes. “

Fish sauce has soy in it.
I am wondering if it is the fermentation that makes it safe?
I have seen fermenting fish sauce and sometimes there is wheat in it.
What are you thoughts?
Great blog,
Thanks, Alison

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